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Waterlogged R̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶B̶u̶c̶k̶e̶t̶

The milestone has been reached! I am happy to report ALL rust has been repaired and the car got it's coat of epoxy primer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I have to give credit to the epoxy primer by "SPI", it is some great stuff. Anyone contemplating body/paint work should really consider giving their product a shot. Plus they don't charge shipping! Now moving on to bodywork :rolleyes:

Kudos to you for sticking this out Brian! Looks stunning.

Thanks Kenik, it has been a long journey. Certainly longer and bigger project than I originally planned, but it feels as though I've made it over the hump. Couple-hundred hours of sanding and I'll be ready to paint.

I know everyone is weary of talking car values, but it has to help knowing that the price you paid for the car originally, now looks like a deal. :)

In hind-sight, I do think about what would have happened if I picked-up the "other" car that was running and had no major rust issues... coulda-woulda. No regrets - charge on brother.

Amazing transformation!

A quick update…
Wrapping up the bodywork - front fenders required many, many hours! Come to think of it, so did the doors & rockers. The bumpers were a big mess too, and oh yah, the license panel...:eek:
A little left on the front lid, then it's prepping for paint. Woohoo!

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Got to squeeze in some fun stuff too…

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Found these RSR strut brackets from an outfit in Germany - incredible quality! They are of much thicker gauge than anything I found domestically, laser cut, and did not require any trimming to fit.

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If you need a job doing rust repair on a 70T on Kauai let me know!

Wow, looking good Brian!

Seeing these projects to the end is what makes it so special. Keep on keeping on. It's looking good!

Wow Brian! I have been laying low, driving my rat around and haven't seen your progress in a while. You will have to stop by the shop here in Shoreline.

Can't wait to see it come back from paint! I have to ask the obligatory, "what color are you going to paint it?" ha ha.

Brian, you gonna be done by May? I can think of a GREAT way to shake the car down. :)

Thanks Scott. If the car ends up with anywhere near the nice details of your ST my mission would be accomplished. You're going to have to share with me some of those ol'school 914 tricks you learned from your dad & uncle.

That would be a great shakedown Kenik, but I've seen what you guys went through - too may times! No mad dash for me hombre! Plus, I really doubt it'll be painted by then anyway, too dang cold out.

Color? That my friends, is the hardest part. Flipped on the color soooo many times. Too many choices! I'll just have to make a last-minute decision when the time comes...

Bryan - are you still home during the day? I may drop-by for a follow-up inspection on the garage. :)

Great Job Brian! It takes a lot of drive and patience to do what you're doing. I started having flash-backs! Keep up the good work.
Bill

you're gonna have a great car... very nice work indeed!

Deciding on the color.
Chartreuse or Bahama Yellow:
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Wow, tough call. I love yellow cars - I have a yellow car, but Chartreuse could be something really special.

I vote Bahama Yellow, mostly because Signal Yellow is one of my favorite colors. for me, the Chartreuse would be great for a month, then it would get old. It's just too much IMO

Nice booth! Did you shoot it or finally hand your hard work over to someone else? Gotta say, balls out, man.

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Yahkshemat!

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This is the only reason you considered chartreuse, isn't it?

I think that was one of the reasons why I chose not to!! Seriously, Chartreuse is a really cool color and the decision was very tough. Can't tell you how many times I changed my mind.

The booth is at a friend's shop, and no, he refused to shoot it for me. I tried to talk him into it, but he insisted that I would appreciate it more if I finished it. What a royal pain in the ass! Fish eyes, runs, you name it - everything that could have gone wrong did. But, he was kind enough to patiently walk me through on how to mitigate everything, and in the end, after two days of sanding and shooting, it all worked out - beautifully, I might add. :cool:

I still have the body and fenders to do, but I'm almost there! Glasurit is a wonderful thing.

Your friend did you service. When you're within sight of the finish line, is no time to hand off the baton.

I've been lurking this thread but just now posting to say you're doing a great job. Really enjoy watching it come together.

Brian, if you have some time and inclination, please post some notes about the painting experience. What you did, what you didn't do, what you wish you had done...

Well Shaun, I don't think there was anything I didn't do! Now I see why they charge so dang much for paint jobs. A lot of work goes into painting a car - gobs of hours. Stripping the car to bare metal, inside & out, engine bay, under the front hood, as you can imagine, is very labor intensive. Then you gotta clean, vacuum, blow it out, wipe it down, vacuum, blow it out, wipe it down..., in preparation for epoxy coat. Once the epoxy has been applied you're ready for body work. For me, that's where a lot of time was spent/wasted and the one thing I wish I could have done differently. But, it was a learning curve, and since it wasn't going to get done on it's own, I had to keep at it until it was done. Hammer & dolly is one thing, but the body filler really took me for a curve. I made the mistake of trying to fix "the spot", over and over, instead of covering a wider area with the filler, which is what was required to finally get it right. I can't believe I went through a whole gallon can of filler on the car! Mind you, most of it was sanded off, but the mere fact that I had to re-apply & sand multiple times on the same spot, just killed me.

It felt wonderful when it was finally smoooooooth, but that phase just took too much time. Some things just take longer to learn I guess.

Of course you blow through areas of the epoxy while sanding so you have to re-apply epoxy in those areas, again & again, but I won't go into that.

Then you sand down the whole car, again. Clean, wipe, vacuum, ... Apply two coats of 2K primer. Apply guide coat and wet block sand the whole car, again. Inevitably, there were low spots & highs, so you break out that can of filler & go to town again. Only this time, you have to go easy as to not break through to bare metal. More cleaning, then another coat of 2K primer followed again with guide coat. Wet block sand, and holy ****, it's silky smooooothe & straight! That was/is a good feeling.

Up to that point I did everything in my makeshift carport but used a booth to apply the sealant & paint. Of course there was more sanding because I wasn't used to the different spray gun, air pressure, lighting, nicer environment, and nerves, which caused massive runs, fish eyes, dry spots, and orange peel.

I was really happy to learn, from my buddy who owns the booth, that I wasn't done with "sanding" yet. Apparently, I have to block sand the whole dang car "again" and buff & polish, if I desire that showroom finish. :eek: I do not like this sanding.

Prep and primer are my favorite part. OCD on top of OCD.

Dude, how many sets of S-cams are you going to acquire? Really?

S cams or Solex cams...my favorites. :)

Need a set? I just horde them, but am happy to let them go to those in need.

It's about time, right?

I still can't believe where this car started...what a transformation.

wow looks great, from ugly duckling to a perfection with all the workmanship that went in, just wow